Subject: [fem-women2000 668] Invitation to Asian Women's Conference on GAD , the BPFA and CEDAW
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 02:43:18 +0900
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From: "Daphne D. Roxas" <banahaw@i-manila.com.ph>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 01:00:51 +0800
Subject: Invitation to Asian Women's Conference on
GAD , the BPFA and CEDAW
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May we kindly request your office to disseminate the following
invitation to concerned individuals/institutions:
For: NGOs and GOs directly involved in national monitoring
of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) and the
Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
>From: Justice Leonor Ines Luciano and Daphne D. Roxas
Convenors, Philippine NGO Beijing Score Board
101 Hyacinth, Roxas District, Quezon City, Philippines 1103
Tel.:(632 ) 3737902
Fax: (632) 412-42-30
Email: banahaw@i-manila.com.ph
Subject: Invitation to Asian Women's Conference on
GAD , the BPFA and CEDAW
" Asian Women 2000 sharing greater
visions , strategies and actions
for gender equality, development and peace "
16-18 June 2001 , Chaophya Park Hotel,
Bangkok, Thailand
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Warmest greetings !
It is almost a year after Beijing+5. Certainly there have been
many developments on our efforts to advance the Beijing Platform
for Action and improve the conditions of women .
In this regard, may we invite representatives of non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and government national machineries (GOs)
involved in direct national monitoring of the Beijing Platform for
Action (BPFA) and the Convention for the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) .
to the Asian Women's Conference on Strengthening Gender
and Development (GAD ) thru the CEDAW and the BPFA ,
16-18 June 2001 , Chaophya Park Hotel, 247 Rachadapisek Road,
Bangkok, Thailand.
We are specially inviting the participation of national delegates
attending the Asia-Pacific Summit of Women Mayors and
Councillors scheduled 19 to 22 June 2001, Phitsanulok, Thailand
organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
Registration Fee for the conference is $ 200 ( two hundred US dollars )
per participant to cover board and lodging for two nights during
the conference and the conference kit /materials. Without hotel
accommodations, registration fee is US dollars fifty / US $ 50.
We envision the conference to be simple and bare of
frills but substantial in content. It will be a coming together
of representatives stakeholders from both government and NGOs
directly involved on the ground in monitoring the Beijing Platform
for Action and the CEDAW.
We are sorry we can not provide funding to participants.
At the moment, we have minimal funding only for the documentation
of the proceedings of the conference.
All participants have to request funding from their own donors
and sponsors.
Conference details:
Participants:
1. Stakeholders at the country level involved in
the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA)
and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ;
2. Representatives of national machineries, GAD focal points
women local government officials ; and
3. Representatives of regional and international organizations.
Conference Objectives:
1. To share updates on regional initiatives to
monitor the implementation of the Beijing Platform
for Action and advance the CEDAW in the
Asia Pacific Region, one year after Beijing +5 ;
2. To encourage discussions on gender and
development (GAD ) as a policy and program of
national and local governments in the
Asia-Pacific Region including identification/
initial assessments of national commissions,
national advisory committees, gender budgeting,
and gender accounting;
3. To share experiences and insights on
national efforts to promote the rights approach
to women's empowerment which challenge
conservative and reactionary institutions and
practices discriminatory to women;
4. To initiate discussion on gender and
development with reference to the Beijing
Platform for Action and the CEDAW and with
special focus on institutional mechanisms
that can influence policies, mobilize support
and monitor accountability; and
5. To formulate recommendations , strategies
and actions to support and advance gender
and development , the Beijing Platform for Action
and the CEDAW in the Asia-Pacific Region with
special focus on identifying indicators
pertinent to local governance and linked
to accountability/ reporting mechanisms of
the CEDAW and the Beijing Platform for Action.
Main Conference speakers and resource persons:
1.Ms. Thanpuying Sumalee Chartikavanij
Convenor, Thai Women Watch
2. Ambassador Rosario G. Manalo
Philippine Expert on the CEDAW
and currently Undersecretary of
the Department of Foreign
Affairs, Philippines.
3. Ms. Vanessa Griffen
Co-ordinator, Asia-Pacific Resource Center
Gender and Development Programme ,
Asia-Pacific Development
Center (APDC )
4. Dr. Amelou B. Reyes
Project Overseer, Gender Information
Sessions , APEC
5. Ambassador Ruth Limjuco
Chair of the Drafting Committee
during the United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(UNESCAP) High-level Intergovernmental
Meeting to Review Regional Implementation
of the Beijing Platform for Action,
26 to 29 October, 1999
The conference will have round table discussions ,
panel discussions and workshops moderated and
facilitated by participant members of delegations
to the Asia-Pacific Summit of Women Mayors and
Councillors 19 to 22 June 2001,
Amarin Lagoon Resort, Phitsanulok, Thailand.
The Summit is organized by the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in collaboration
with other United Nations agencies and
international organizations.
All those attending the conference , please confirm your participation
not later than June 14, 2001 :
c/o Ms. Daphne D. Roxas,
Conference Director: Tel.:(632 ) 3737902
Fax: (632) 412-42-30
Email: banahaw@i-manila.com.ph
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